All Grocery articles – Page 458
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Online sales slump to five-year low in August
Internet retail sales slumped in August as the Olympics distracted Brits from online shopping, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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Sainsbury's founds new joint venture with Nectar owners
Sainsbury’s has set up a new joint venture company, Insight 2 Communication (I2C), to allow suppliers to advertise across all of the retailer’s communication channels.
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Ocado third-quarter sales up 10%
Sales at Ocado grew 9.9% year on year to £162.6m in the third quarter as the rate of sales growth slowed, as the online grocer battled the negative impact of the Olympics.
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Analysis
Analysis: Lessons from the September reporting season
A raft of retailers ranging from John Lewis to Argos and spanning food to homewares updated last week. Retail Week examines the picture they paint of retail conditions.
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Tesco boss Philip Clarke embarks on digital revolution
Tesco group chief executive Philip Clarke has vowed that the grocer will spearhead a digital “revolution” in retail as he unveiled several initiatives to fuel online growth.
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Carrefour reveals plans to pilot self-scanning
Carrefour has revealed plans to pilot self-scanning through shoppers’ smartphones at two or three hypermarkets.Other retailers trying out similar approaches include Metro in Germany, Auchan in France and Albert Heijn in the Netherlands.Following successful test implementations, Ahold’s US business has opted to roll out the technology nationwide.
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Carrefour to open hypermarket in Armenian capital
Carrefour is to open a 110,000 sq ft hypermarket in the capital, Yerevan, next month.It will be operated by Carrefour’s Middle Eastern franchisee, Majid Al Futtaim Holding, and be in the Tashir Group-owned Dalma Garden Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre.Last September, rival Auchan was reported to be planning large ...
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Opinion
Comment: Dispatches' Poundland investigation
The real message from last night’s Dispatches programme about Poundland is surely the extent to which retailers are providing consumers with great value in these straitened times.
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Morrisons introduces new premium own brand range
Morrisons has launched a new premium own brand range, M Signature, which will replace its The Best line.
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Ocado launches DIY and car care lines
Etailer Ocado has launched DIY and car care ranges as part of its shift move from a “supermarket to a hypermarket”.
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John Lewis sales slow as shoppers enjoy good weather
John Lewis sales slowed on last year as the good weather resulted in a drop in footfall for the week to September 8.
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Opinion
Comment: Farewell to Allders as closure looms
That the demise of one shop can command such attention in a retail landscape scarred by CVAs and large administrations is a reflection of the place Allders holds in British retailing history.
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Waitrose set to look outside London for new 'dark' stores
Waitrose could become the first grocer to open a ‘dark’ store to fulfil online orders outside of London as the retailer’s online sales soar.
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Interview
Q&A: Waitrose managing director Mark Price
Waitrose reported a strong performance in the first half today with profits up 28.9%. Managing director Mark Price tells Alex Lawson how the retailer has achieved success in a difficult climate.
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John Lewis Partnership profits climb 60% in first half
Profits at the John Lewis Partnership soared almost 60% as buoyant trading and the growth of online shopping drove sales at both John Lewis and Waitrose.
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Analysis
Analysis: Keeping up with the evolution of ecommerce
Ahead of next month’s Retail Week Ecommerce Summit, we speak to some of the event’s key speakers for an early insight into where their online focus lies.
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Aldi Süd plans store network increase
Aldi Süd wants to devote more investment to the state of Victoria as it ramps up its store network.Managing director for Australia Tom Daunt has called on state governments to follow Victoria’s lead by streamlining planning laws, enabling Aldi and other retailers to gain a bigger footprint and take on ...
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Anthony Hemmerdinger rejoins Sainsbury's as business development director
Former Carphone Warehouse director Anthony Hemmerdinger has rejoined Sainsbury’s as business development director.
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Simply Market to open Milan flagship
Auchan’s supermarket banner Simply Market has announced the opening of a 27,000 sq ft flagship in Milan. The store has an improved fresh produce section and a snacking area for shoppers to rest and access Wi-Fi.The outlet has an interactive terminal called ScontoSì which provides last-minute discounts for Nectar loyalty ...
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Thorntons optimistic despite sales and profits fall
Chocolatier Thorntons has reported a fall in sales and profits as weak consumer spending hit the business, but chief executive Jonathan Hart expressed “cautious optimism” about the future.